2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour NASCAR season
The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 33rd season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR . It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 15. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Driver's Champion. 2017 marked the first season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour .[ 1] Doug Coby won the championship, six points in front of Timmy Solomito.
Drivers
Notes
^ Max Zachem drove in the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout with car number 4.
^ Shawn Solomito drove the No. 20 in place of Max Zachem. Zachem suffered a broken nose the weekend before so he was unable to race.
^ Matt Swanson drove in the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout with a Chevrolet engine.
Schedule
The All-Star Shootout and the Southern Slam 150 did not count towards the championship. The Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen, the Icebreaker 150, City of Hampton 150 and the Thompson 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv.[ 2] Eleven of the eighteen races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[ 3]
No.
Race Title
Track
Date
TV
1
Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen
Myrtle Beach Speedway , Myrtle Beach
March 18
FansChoice.tv
2
Icebreaker 150
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park , Thompson
April 9[ a]
FansChoice.tv
3
NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200
Stafford Motor Speedway , Stafford
April 30
4
City of Hampton 150
Langley Speedway , Hampton
May 13
FansChoice.tv
5
Thompson 125
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park , Thompson
June 14
FansChoice.tv
6
Buzz Chew Chevrolet-Cadillac 200
Riverhead Raceway , Riverhead
June 24
Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout
New Hampshire Motor Speedway , Loudon
July 14
NBCSN
7
Eastern Propane & Oil 100
July 15
NBCSN
8
Stafford 150
Stafford Motor Speedway , Stafford
August 4
9
Bud 'King of Beers' 150
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park , Thompson
August 9
NBCSN
10
Bush's Beans 150
Bristol Motor Speedway , Bristol
August 16
NBCSN
11
Seekonk 150
Seekonk Speedway , Seekonk
August 26
NBCSN
12
Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's
Oswego Speedway , Oswego
September 2
NBCSN
13
Miller Lite 200
Riverhead Raceway , Riverhead
September 16
NBCSN
14
F. W. Webb 100
New Hampshire Motor Speedway , Loudon
September 23
NBCSN
15
NAPA Fall Final
Stafford Motor Speedway , Stafford
October 1
NBCSN
Southern Slam 150
Charlotte Motor Speedway , Concord
October 5
NBCSN
16
Sunoco World Series 150
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park , Thompson
October 15
NBCSN
Source:[ 5]
Notes
^ The Icebreaker 150 was postponed a week because of expected inclement weather.[ 4]
The race at the Waterford Speedbowl was originally scheduled for 22 July, but was removed from the schedule by NASCAR on 6 April following the track owner's arrest a week earlier.[ 6]
Results and Standings
Races
Notes
1 – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.
2 – The qualifying session for the Eastern Propane & Oil 100 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.
Drivers' championship
(key ) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
Notes
‡ – Non-championship round.
1 – Jeremy Gerstner received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race.
† – Ted Christopher died in a plane crash near the North Branford and Guilford, Connecticut town line while en routing to Riverhead Raceway .
See also
References
^ Southers, Tim (December 6, 2016). "NASCAR announces 2017 Modified schedule" . Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
^ "IT'S OFFICIAL: Saturday's NWMT opener from Myrtle Beach Speedway will stream live on FansChoiceTV" . twitter.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017 .
^ "NBCSN To Broadcast Title Stretch Runs" . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. April 27, 2017. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017 .
^ "Icebreaker 2017 Postponed One Week" . hometracks.nascar.com . Daytona Beach, Florida : NASCAR Media Group, LLC. March 30, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
^ "2017 Schedule Announced For Unified Whelen Modified Tour" . hometracks.nascar.com . Daytona Beach, Florida : NASCAR Media Group, LLC. December 6, 2016. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
^ Southers, Tim (April 6, 2017). "NASCAR drops race and sanctioning agreement after track owner's arrest" . Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Myrtle Beach 3/18/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. March 18, 2017. Archived from the original on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Thompson 4/9/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. April 9, 2017. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Stafford 4/30/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Langley 5-13-17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 13, 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Thompson 6/14/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 14, 2017. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Riverhead 6/24/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
^ "NWMT New Hampshire 7/14/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 14, 2017. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
^ "NWMT New Hampshire 7/15/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. July 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Stafford 8/4/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Thompson 8/9/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Bristol 8/16/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 16, 2017. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Seekonk 8/26/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 26, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Oswego 9/2/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Riverhead 9/16/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. September 16, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved September 17, 2017 .
^ "NWMT New Hampshire 9/23/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. September 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Stafford 10/1/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 1, 2017. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Charlotte 10/6/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
^ "NWMT Thompson 10/15/17 Results" . hometracks.nascar.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 15, 2017. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .